Queen Silvia Rewears Iconic 1976 Yellow Dior Dress and Leaves Drag Queen Speechless with Stunning Surprise

Sweden's Queen Silvia went vintage pinch her latest style choice.

The royal, 81, wore nan aforesaid yellowish Dior gown she first wore successful 1976 erstwhile she appeared connected nan Swedish TV programme Vilket liv! successful an section broadcast connected Saturday, May 31, to astonishment character and designer Christer Lindarw, Vanity Fair reported.

The queen first wore nan gown for 2 events aft her 1976 wedding to Carl XVI Gustaf, King of Sweden. Silvia sported nan yellowish style for some nan Nobel Prize ceremonial and a authorities sojourn to nan Netherlands that year.

Her manner prime connected Vilket liv! was notable not conscionable because she'd worn it doubly before, but besides because Lindarw — who is celebrated for impersonating nan queen — wore a type of it himself during a 1977 resistance performance. According to Vanity Fair, Lindarw "copied and tailored" nan glittery dress for his 1977 performance.

Lindarw was shocked to spot nan queen connected Vilket liv! In a clip from nan section posted to nan Swedish Royal Court's Instagram account, nan performer covered his look pinch his hands erstwhile he saw Silvia emerging from backstage pinch a azygous rose, which she past gave to him.

The motion was an echo of Lindarw's 1977 show, during which he gave nan royal a azygous roseate while impersonating her. A abstracted Instagram station from nan Swedish Royal Court showed a photograph of Queen Silvia replicating nan infinitesimal connected Vilket liv!, pinch an image beneath it that showed Lindarw giving her nan roseate successful 1977.

During nan program, nan queen told Lindarw, "You person imitated maine galore times," per TV4, which Hola! translated to English. "I want to convey you for your kindness, that you made everyone laugh, not conscionable nan king and maine – each of Sweden of course."

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She continued, "Now it's for illustration I would for illustration to springiness you a rose, because you did each nan shows and ever truthful friends and pinch warmth. From 1 queen to different queen."

Lindarw first teased his reunion pinch nan queen connected his Instagram relationship successful early May, wherever he posted a photograph from her astonishment quality connected Vilket liv!.

"Now it's yet public. The logic I've been floating connected clouds for almost 2 months. Her Majesty Queen Silvia paid tribute to maine successful nan TV programme 'What a life,'" he wrote successful a caption translated to English, per Hola!. "She made a moving speech, and handed maine a rose. Just for illustration I did for nan Queen 1977."